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(c) An ancient theological sect who held that Christ was ignorant of some things. An adaptation of the Greek word for “the ignoranters”.

STOUK

(b) The handle of a pail or other vessel. Of obscure origin. West Worcestershire Glossary, 1882: “Please, ‘m, I took ‘old o’ the jug, an’ the stouk come off in my ‘and.”

ASPALAX

(a) A genus of Rodentia, somewhat resembling the common mole. A Latin adaptation of the Greek word, which is more commonly spalax. 1860: “The aspalax, or mole of eastern Europe, habitually lives underground.”